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Jan. 28, 2021
Team Whiteman integrates with fifth-generation aircraft during RF 21-1, showcases forces’ power

Each year, many Wings and multitudes of aircraft flock to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, for Red Flag, allowing various airframes to integrate with each other and further evolve their capabilities for future sorties.“Exercises like Red Flag are critical because it ensures our youngest crew members
Jan. 25, 2021
Team Whiteman takes to Nellis AFB skies, kicks off RF-N 21-1 as lead wing

Team Whiteman launched four B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers and sent a large contingent of personnel to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to lead Red Flag 21-1, starting Jan. 25.Although participating in the large force exercise is not unfamiliar to Whiteman, it is the first time in years the 509th Bomb
July 28, 2017
High Spirits: B-2 maintainers fuel global reach

Its 172-foot wingspan is interrupted only by the placement of four engines, each capable of providing 17,300 pounds of thrust to get a two man crew from point A to B. On a regular day, A is Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri; B could be on the other side of the globe. It travels at high subsonic
Feb. 3, 2017
USAFWS weapons officers employ total force training during Libya B-2 strike

Two B-2 Spirit bombers departed Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri for a transatlantic flight to Libya on Jan. 18 in what would become the B-2’s first combat mission since Operation Odyssey Dawn in 2011.

Team Whiteman integrates with fifth-generation aircraft during RF 21-1, showcases forces’ power